USPTO Patents Application 10669888

ARNOLD & PORTER LLP

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April 6, 2007

Mail Stop Amendment
Commissioner for Patents
P.O. Box 1450
Alexandria, VA 22313-1450

Re: U.S. Application No. 10/669,888, Filed: September 25, 2003
Title: Nucleic Acid Constructs and Methods for Producing

Altered Seed Oil Compositions
Applicants: JoAnne J. FILLATTI et ah
Atty. Docket: 16518.133

Sir:

The following documents are forwarded herewith for appropriate action by the U.S.
Patent and Trademark Office (PTO):

1 . an Information Disclosure Statement;

2. a Form PTO- 1449 (listing and supplying two documents);and

3. a return postcard.

Please stamp the attached postcard with the filing date of these documents and return it to
our courier.

Applicants request that the following fees be charged to Deposit Account No. 50-2387
referencing docket number 1 65 1 8. 1 33 :

$ 180.00 information disclosure statement fee

In the event that extensions of time beyond those petitioned for herewith are necessary to
prevent abandonment of this patent application, then such extensions of time are hereby
petitioned. Applicants do not believe any fees, other than the above ($1 80.00), are due in
conjunction with this filing. However, if any additional fees are required in the present
application, including any fees for extensions of time, then the Commissioner is hereby
authorized to charge such fees to Arnold & Porter LLP Deposit Account No. 50-2387
referencing matter number 16518.133. A duplicate copy of this letter is enclosed.

Respectfully submitted,

Kristan L. Lansbery (Reg. No. 53,183)

Enclosures

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UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE

In re Application of:
JoAnne J. FILLATTI et al

Art Unit:

1638

Appl.No.: 10/669,888

Filed: September 25, 2003

For: Nucleic Acid Constructs and Methods

Examiner:

Brent T. Page

Confirmation No.

4299

Atty Docket.

16518.133

for Producing Altered Seed Oil

Compositions

Information Disclosure Statement

Mail Stop Amendment
Commissioner for Patents
P.O. Box 1450
Alexandria, VA 22313-1450

Dear Sir:

The attention of the Examiner is invited to consider the references listed on the attached
Form PTO-1449. Copies of the references are submitted herewith.

It is respectfully requested that the information above be expressly considered during the
prosecution of this application, and that the references be made of record therein and appear
among the "References Cited" on any patent to issue therefrom.

Because this Information Disclosure Statement is being submitted after issuance of the
first action on the merits of the above-captioned application, a fee of $180.00 is due pursuant to
37 C.F.R. § 1.1 7(p). Authorization to charge the official fees for this filing is given in the
accompanying transmittal letter.

Certification and/or Fee

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U.S. Application No. 10/669,888
JoAnne J. FILLATTI et al.

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Applicants certify that each of the documents listed on the attached Form PTO-1449 was
first cited in a communication from a foreign patent office in a counterpart foreign application
not more than three months prior to the filing of this information disclosure statement.

Date: April 6, 2007

ARNOLD & PORTER LLP
555 Twelfth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20004-1206
(202)942-5000 telephone
(202) 942-5999 facsimile

Respectfully submitted,

David R. Marsh (Reg. No. 41,408)
Kristan L. Lansbery (Reg. No. 53,183)

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Smith et al., "Total silencing by intron-spliced hairpin RNAs", Nature, 407:319-320 (2000)

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Supplementary Partial European Search Report in Application No. 03 76 1 158 dated January 8, 2007

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EXAMINER: Initial if reference considered, whether or not citation is in conformance with MPEP 609. Draw line through citation if not in conformance and not
considered. Include copy of this form with next communication to Applicant.